Understand, adapt, and thrive in an exponentially changing world.

Hosted in Christchurch, New Zealand over November 14-16, 2016.

Over 1,400 attendees from 16 countries.

The goal of the SingularityU New Zealand Summit was the kick-start the conversation about exponential technology and how it can impact New Zealand and the world. Educators, corporates, non-profits, entrepreneurs, young people and government representatives came together for this three day summit - and were blown away by the content and connections!

ABOUT SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY

What is Singularity University?

Singularity University (SU) is a global learning and innovation community empowering leaders to leverage exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all.

Ross, the world's first artificially intelligent attorney, has its first official law firm. Baker & Hostetler announced that they will be employing Ross for its bankruptcy practice, currently comprised of almost 50 lawyers.

AI teaching assistant helped students online—and no one knew the difference

Meet Jill Watson, a first-time teaching assistant at Georgia Tech assigned to moderate an online forum for a computer science class. Jill was 1 of 9 TAs assigned to help answer questions about coursework and projects from the 300 students enrolled in the advanced course.

Kaila Colbin, is the NZ ambassador for Singularity University. She talks to Kathryn about the summit she's part of in November, where world experts in leading technologies will gather in Christchurch, to talk about understanding and adapting to an expontentially changing technological world.

Brad Templeton, a keynote speaker at the SingularityU New Zealand Summit, says that in the future, fewer cars will be owned and more will be rented. Robo-cars are just around the corner and the auto industry faces a stark choice over the next decade - adapt or die.

In 2001 it cost $2.7 billion to sequence the human genome, by 2007 it was $1 million and in 2014 it was just $1000.

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Robotics the future of medicine

Computing and robotics is changing the face of medicine at a faster rate than ever before, and is going to affect the way we treat patients says Michael Gillam, a physician, medical informatics expert and IT health specialist who will be speaking at SingularityU New Zealand Summit.

Kathryn Myronuk is a specialist on the technological advances shaping our future and our jobs. She is a founding member of Singularity University in Silicon Valley, a think tank devoted to studying and educating about how different technologies will affect the world.

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Dr Michael Gillam on the future of medicine

What will medicine and healthcare be like in the future? What role will technology play? How much say will patients have in their care? Michael Gillam talks to Kathryn Ryan from Radio NZ about the future of medicine.

Kiwis, along with everyone else on the planet, have to make big decisions about which technologies to embrace, and which to reject. The choices are only getting harder, and more frequent as science accelerates at an exponential rate.

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SingularityU New Zealand Summit features on The Paul Henry Show

The organiser of the SingularityU New Zealand Summit Kaila Colbin joined Paul Henry to talk about exponential technology and this November's Summit.